Cargo Cult - Who is John Frum? He is known to us by many names, this Visitor from Elsewhere, dispenser of endless abundance and wielder of mysterious technologies: John Frum, Quetzalcoatl, Osiris, "Bob." His cargo is splendid, his generosity boundless, his motives beyond our understanding. But across the ages and around the world, the stories all agree: one day he will return, bearing great gifts. Our theme this year asks three related questions; who is John Frum, where is he really from, and where, on spaceship Earth, are we all going?

There seems to be a dry lake bed next to Summer Lake Hot Springs in southeast Oregon:http://www.flickr.com/photos/laprice/6305022586/I don't know anything about who owns it or how big it is, but I do know that the folks who run the hot springs are burner friendly.

If I'd been by myself, or at least not with my parents, I might have stopped off to check out who the trailer (at least I think it was a trailer) with the Man logo on it belonged to while I was on my way to visit the caldera on the Big Island.

DAMMIT, I want to go back to Hawaii some time, with more time, money, and other resources for exploring! (I like my parents, but my Mom really can't get around any more, and my dad wants to pack too much into a day, so we end up not really having any time for actual exploring.) And also I want a better guidebook. Despite what the one we had said, we COULD have taken an all wheel drive vehicle to visit the green sand beach, and, therefore, have actually had time to go down to it and mess around in the surf (along with all the folks who didn't know you couldn't take an all wheel drive vehicle out there.)

"Nothing is withheld from us which we have conceived to do.Do things that have never been done."--Russell Kirsch

Rule of thumb...Believe it when the guidebook says no. Don't believe it when the car rental agency says no.

Pictures or it didn't happen GreycoyoteI a recovering swagaholic I have to resist my grabby nature VultureChowThose aren't buttermilk biscuits I'm lying on SavannahWe're out there to play like adults with no adult supervision CaptG

If we are talking serious locations, keeping the "remote" and "desolate" aspects is probably desirable, as that also tends to keep prying eyes away. (Not completely away-- even if TTITD got moved to the Moon, people would still try to spy via their telescopes.)

Darn. It has been five minutes and I still can't think of anything clever to add. I should probably just post what I've written and go back to bed. I'll probably only do one of the two, though.

"Nothing is withheld from us which we have conceived to do.Do things that have never been done."--Russell Kirsch

All the locations should be put out for bid by the various local governments involved. Lets see if Capitalism can work. This might result in a reduction in ticket prices and control the over exuberance of local law enforcement.

Sevier Lake Bed along highway 50 in Utah. Just west/southwest of Delta. Don't know how the access is. Several years ago while driving north on l 15 near Nephi, l could see dust in the air from Sevier Lake Bed. Reminded me of the Balck Rock Desert.

My cats are cuter than your grandkids!"We in Arizona (and the rest of the United States) have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act.""Government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem."